14 DAY TRIAL // Concierge.com, the online resource for luxury travel, announced the launch of Concierge Mobile, a version of the site optimized for cell phones. Engineered and managed by Crisp Wireless, Concierge Mobile includes the most popular features of Concierge.com, including insider guides, Conde Nast Traveler's Gold List, weather forecasts and travel images.
"Have you ever landed in a city and not known where to eat or grab a drink? Maybe your hotel wasn't what you expected-but you don't have a laptop to help look for a new one. Or you need to bring back a special gift for someone and don't know where to shop," sais Peter J. Frank, editor in chief of Concierge.com. "It happens to all of us. Now, all of our editors' insider travel advice will all be available on your cell phone, anywhere and everywhere."
Concierge Mobile does not require registration and can be accessed for free by mobile users with an Internet connection. Features of the site include:
- Destinations - Concierge.com's continually updated Insider Guides to nearly 200 destinations around the world contain a selective list of recommendations for hotels, restaurants, shopping, and nightlife, and advice on what to see and do. The content is completely original and written by independent travel writers.
- My Destinations - Users can easily send a specific hotel, restaurant, activity, or other listing on Concierge.com to their mobile device. When visiting the website on a computer, the user needs to click on the cell phone icon next to the item they want to save and it will be sent to the phone, filed in the "My Destinations" section. The same thing can be done while browsing the site on the mobile phone.
- Featured Destination of the Week - Each week, the editors of Concierge.com will pick a top destination to highlight.
- Weather Updates - Users can access current conditions and a seven-day forecast for destinations around the world.
- The Gold List - Conde Nast Traveler's annual list of the top hotels and resorts in the world, as determined by its readers.
- Wallpaper Galleries - A selection of travel images from Concierge.com's photo galleries are available to use as wallpapers to personalize the mobile phone.